Gonzaga University

Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. is co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Healing the Culture, and is President of Gonzaga University. Rev. Spitzer has spoken to thousands of audiences, and has done ethics consulting for over 300 organizations, including Boeing, Caterpillar, Toyota, Costco, the British Prime Minister's Cabinet, the leadership of Costa Rica, Protestant and Catholic leadership in Northern Ireland, and the Orthodox Church in Russia. The mission of Healing the Culture is based on the principles in Rev. Spitzer's books, Healing the Culture: A Commonsense Philosophy of Happiness, Freedom, and the Life Issues, and The Spirit of Leadership.

Dr. Bozman is professor of marketing at Gonzaga University's School of Business Administration in Spokane, Washington. He brings significant leadership and expertise in marketing management, research methods, business planning, and new product development to his position on the board. Since joining the faculty at Gonzaga University in 1990, Scott has held a variety of faculty positions including assistant dean and director of graduate programs, acting associate academic vice president, and associate professor of marketing. He currently serves as president of the Faculty Senate and is on the Promotion and Tenure Committee. Scott is active within numerous community organizations and has provided pro bono consulting services to United Way Spokane, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Washington Department of Ecology, and Idaho Water Resources Board. Dr. Bozman holds a bachelor's degree in business administration, a master's degree in economics, and a doctorate degree in marketing from Washington State University.

Marshall Bratton joins the Warehouse Staff after completing a stellar career at Gonzaga University. Marshall is the Director of Baseball Operations at Gonzaga University and helps with the development of Gonzaga's hitters. Marshall is from Wenatchee, where he starred for the Wenatchee Panthers. After high school, Marshall attended Treasure Valley Community College where he was a 2001 NJCAA Academic All-American. He then joined the Gonzaga University baseball team and had a standout career. Marshall was a 2004 1st Team All-West Coast Conference Designated Hitter and a 2003-04 WCC All Academic 1st Team performer. Marshall is also involved with many youth teams around the Spokane area, including Pony and Junior Legion. Marshall also has years of experience with baseball camps, including the Gonzaga Baseball winter and summer camps. Marshall has a degree in Accounting from Gonzaga University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Gina Freuen, & her husband live in the middle of 5 deer infested acres on the North side of Spokane, Washington. A member of Washington Potters Association and Northwest Designer Craftsmen, Gina has also been a group manager of 2 Spokane arts & crafts festivals: Cheney Cowles Museum/Spokane Art School ~ ArtFest and ~ Inland Craft Warnings, a non profit contemporary crafts advocacy corporation and event. Working professionally for over 25 years, her porcelain vessels and multi-media works on paper have been exhibited throughout the Pacific Northwest and collected internationally. Since 1997 she has taught at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, teaching design, ceramics, & beginning drawing.

Nevada. She is currently the debate team captain at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, and is an assistant coach at Central Valley High School in Spokane Valley, WA.

Jeff Buntin is currently an assistant coach for Gonzaga University. In his first year of coaching, Gonzaga's teams appeared in elimination rounds at the NDT, CEDA Nationals, and numerous other tournaments. As a debater for Whitman, Jeff was in elims of every major tournament, including quarters at CEDA Nationals, octos at the NDT, and the finals at Berkeley. Jeff has also taught at several high school camps, and cuts boatloads of cards.

Jeffrey D. Bierman joined the board in 2008. A professor of physics at Gonzaga University, Dr. Bierman has served as a member of the Washington State Board of Education Science Standards Advisory Panel. Past community service includes, among others, appointments to the Spokane City Plan Commission, the Spokane Design Review Committee, the Spokane Regional Transportation Committee, Citizen's Advisory Committee on Transportation and the Spokane Housing Advisory and Appeals Board. Bierman also is a member of several physics education organizations, and has served on many committees at Gonzaga. He is a member of Franklin Elementary's Parent Teacher Group and a volunteer at that school. In the past, he served as an alternate representative to the SPS Citizen's Advisory Committee. Bierman's three children attend Spokane Public Schools. Expiration of term: November 2009.

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Melvin Ott, PhD has over 20 years progressive experience in project management, statistical analysis, forecasting, data management, and university instruction. Plus he has designed and conducted numerous research studies. Current research interest is in the application of logistic regression models, and ROC curves in banking and health care. He delivered a paper at two International Conferences on threshold levels for logistic regression in health care and in banking in May and October 2006. And, he is scheduled to speak at the ASA conference in Salt Lake City in August 2007 on "Decision Rules for Logistic Regression Models". Dr Ott provided the study design and analysis for a Conjoint Analysis study for AIDS prevention in South Africa and Dominican Republic. Conjoint analysis identified the best design features for an AIDS prevention product. Demographic characteristics identified the population at risk. He performed a statistical analysis of Spine Surgery Data for Publication. For this study, he applied Fishers Exact Test to assess surgery methods vs. complication rates for publication. Dr Ott is currently an Adjunct Professor at Gonzaga University, Whitworth College and Eastern Washington University, Spokane, WA. He teaches courses in Market Research and the Analysis of Demographic Data and Statistical Design in the MBA Program. He also incorporated SAS v9 Enterprise Guide software that allowed students to perform statistical analysis on large complex databases. Dr Ott has held several prestigious director/manager positions with Ingenix, Inc in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA and Blue Shield of Idaho in Lewiston, ID. He also is a skilled and experienced SAS Programming, S-Plus Programmer and Visual Basic Programmer.

As retired professor of European history and international studies at Gonzaga University, Rod has a strong interest in global issues, foreign cultures, and international understanding. The United Nations Association offers the best vehicle to try to strengthen the role of the United Nations in international affairs and to explain to the public its important role in securing peace and justice in the world today. In areas ranging from world health to cultural and environmental preservation the work of the U.N. is indispensable to the welfare of people all around the globe. Having been recruited by Ruth Lawson, one of the legendary early leaders of the Spokane Chapter, Rod has been a member of the UNA for over twenty years. During that time he has served in various capacities to promote the goals of the organization. He continues to be inspired by the examples of people like Ruth Lawson and John Weaver, who devoted a good part of their lives to this worthy cause.

Steve Corker has forty years experience in marketing, public relations, and management consulting. He has worked extensively in the travel, airline, and marketing and public relations industries in New York and in the Pacific Northwest. He has conducted numerous training seminars for non-profit, small business, and Fortune 500 companies, and has presented dozens of lectures and addresses at professional and educational conferences. As Futurepast Vice President, Mr. Corker has helped develop and conduct professional training and leadership development seminars for Russian and Ukrainian managers. His work in Kyiv provided a planning framework for managers of Ukrainian national parks and nature preserves to develop alternative sources of revenue. Mr. Corker has managed award-winning and effective public relations and marketing efforts for businesses and nonprofits for the past thirty years. He led a consortium of public relations firms that helped site and build a controversial waste-to-energy plant in Spokane, WA. Prior to forming his own advertising, public relations, and management consulting business in 1978, he was officer and director of the Eisenhower People-to-People Program, Marketing Director of Transamerica Airlines, and President of National Academic Services, Inc. Mr. Corker is adjunct professor of marketing and public relations at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA. He has also taught courses at George Washington University in Washington, DC, and at Whitworth College in Spokane, WA. Mr. Corker graduated from Stanford University with a BA in political science. At Stanford he was a Soviet Union/Russian Studies Scholar, studying under Alexander Kerensky, who briefly headed the Russian Government in 1917. Mr. Corker served as a member of the Spokane, Washington, City Council from 1996 to 2004. He was elected to a new four-year term to that body on 6 November 2007.

Ted, in addition to serving as a deacon in this parish, serves as archdeacon for the Episcopal diocese of Spokane. During the week, he teaches courses in world, Middle Eastern, Islamic, and modern European history at Gonzaga University and serves as the university's director of International Studies. Before completing his doctoral studies at Washington State University, he served in the US Air Force for 23 years and had the opportunity to live in Germany and the Republic of Turkey, while traveling throughout Europe and parts of the Middle East. He and his wife, Sharon, have two children.

Tod Marshall was born in Buffalo, NY. He earned an MFA degree from Eastern Washington University, and a PhD from the University of Kansas. His first collection of poetry, Dare Say, was the winner of the University of Georgia s Contemporary Poetry Series. He has also published a collection of his interviews with contemporary poets, Range of the Possible. In 2003, he was selected as the Wilson Visiting Poet at Albion College in Albion, Michigan, a distinction previously given to poets Gwendolyn Brooks, Gary Snyder, Stephen Spender, and Galway Kinnell. His work is widely published. He lives in Spokane, Washington, and teaches at Gonzaga University.

Gregory D. Green is the chairman and chief executive officer of OneEighty Networks Inc., a regional leader in broadband Internet, private line and hosting solutions. Green formed the company in March of 2002 following an acquisition of Avista Communications' broadband data customers and assets. Prior to forming OneEighty, Green served as president and CEO of Avista Communications. Green was instrumental in growing the business from it's inception in 1998. In 1995, he joined Nextlink when the Craig McCaw-controlled company acquired Tel-West Central Services. After the acquisition, Green served as president of Nextlink Washington and was responsible for overseeing the Northwest business operations as well as the development of new market opportunities. In 1984, Green formed Tel-West Communications in Spokane to sell and service business telephone systems. Later, Green added a sister company, Tel-West Central Services, that became the first company to provide competitive local exchange services in Spokane and the second in the state of Washington. Green has real estate and technology business investments in the local community. He currently serves on several local Boards, Gonzaga University's Hogan Entrepreneurial Program and Board of Regents, the Spokane Food Bank, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Downtown Spokane Partnership and CONNECT Northwest. Green is a strong advocate that education is fundamental to success, thus he established the Greg Green Foundation which began as a scholarship fund to benefit University High School students more than ten years ago. Today the foundation has grown to support underprivileged children, local arts, the environment, economic growth, health care research and human rights. Green has a unique vision of the communications industry and has maintained the ability to stay at the forefront of the industry and its competition. Green believes in a culture of empowerment in his investment organizations as well as a focus on what he believes is the number one asset to any company, its customer.

Tim Welsh has 30+ years experience in estimating, contract negotiation, administration, construction supervision and field engineering. Tim has been active in construction since 1971 and holds a Bachelor of Science as a Civil Engineer from the University of Washington. Since 1978, he has been the driving force behind the success and growth of Garco Construction. His vision of what is required to be a 1st rate General Contractor has molded Garco Construction into a leading employer in the Pacific Northwest. Tim is well respected by the employees at Garco as well as our clients and competitors. Tim is a Board Member and past President of Inland Empire Chapter of Associated General Contractors. Other positions include: Board Member Junior Achievement, Trustee - Ironworker Pension/Welfare/Apprenticeship Programs, Board Member Spokane Community College Foundation, Trustee Gonzaga University, Director Associated Industries, Director Good Roads Association, Director Spokane Chamber of Commerce.

Michelle holds a Master of Science in Communication from Eastern Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts from Whitman College. She is accredited in public relations through the Public Relations Society of America. Michelle's community leadership activities include chairing the advisory board for Gonzaga University's Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program as well as serving on Eastern Washington University's Advocates Board for the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Allegro Baroque & Beyond's advisory board. What you may not know about Michelle is her talent for knitting.